Healthy food access Working Group (HFA)
The Healthy Food Access Working Group dedicatedly advances a vibrant, equitable, and sustainable economic transition in Central Appalachia by expanding successful local food access models and measuring their impacts on regional agriculture. Through collaborative peer learning, community nutrition education, and strategic coalition-building, the group advocates for long-term funding and policy changes to secure robust, long-term community food security.
HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS’ GUIDING GOALS
- Expand peer exchange for the replication of successful healthy food access models.
- Create models for advocacy and coalition-building for long-term state appropriations (government funding) to support healthy food access initiatives.
- Measure the economic impacts of healthy food access programs on local agriculture, including producers and processors.
- Explore the role that gardening and nutrition education play in fostering community food security, as well as individual and regional self-reliance.
- Increase the connections between value chain distribution efforts and healthy food access.
hfa CO-CHAIRS
Co-chairs play vital roles in leading Working Groups and serve on CAN’s Leadership Team. Co-chairs are regional leaders in the just economic transition of Central Appalachia.
Nutrition and Food Access Director at ARC&D
Director of Programs, ACEnet
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